Nine kit bags belonging to Team GB swimmers have gone missing from the Olympic Village just a day before stars take to the water

NINE kits bags belonging to Team GB‘s swimmers have gone missing from the Olympic Village in Rio.

Among the items reportedly taken is kit for Saturday’s competition.

Athletes are now believed to be refusing to allow cleaners into their rooms after the items disappeared.

A Team GB spokesman said: “A small number of bags – nine from a total of nearly 3,000 pieces of luggage – are currently unaccounted for following their transfer from Belo Horizonte to the Olympic Village in Rio.

“We are working hard to locate the bags as soon as possible. In the meantime all athletes continue to train as normal and are unaffected when it comes to training and competition wear.

“The focus of athletes involved is very much on the start of the Games and their own performances.”

Britain’s Max Litchfield, Aimee Willmott and Hannah Miley will be competing in the 400m medley at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium tomorrow afternoon.